Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you,And you must answer them.Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?Tell me, if you know so much.Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?...Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it bu...  Read More

Do you know how God controls the storm and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds?Do you understand how he moves the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill?When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still, he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror. Can you do that?"So teach the rest of us what to say to God.We are too ignorant t...  Read More

Look, God is greater than we can understand.His years cannot be counted.He draws up the water vapor and then distills it into rain...Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls from heaven?...The thunder announces his presence; the storm announces his indignant anger.My heart pounds as I think of this.It trembles within me.Listen carefully to the thunder of God's voic...  Read More

God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone! . . .He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted.He never takes his eyes off the innocent,But he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.If they are bound in chains and caught up in a web of trouble, he shows them the reason…He gets their attention and commands that they turn from evil.If they listen and obey God...  Read More

"People cry out when they are oppressed.They groan beneath the power of the mighty."Yet they don't ask, 'Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?'And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride.But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen,To say the Almighty isn't concern...  Read More

Then Elihu said:"Do you think it is right for you to claim, 'I am righteous before God'?For you also ask, 'What's in it for me?What's the use of living a righteous life?'"I will answer you and all your friends, too.Look up into the sky, and see the clouds high above you.If you sin, how does that affect God?Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?If you are good, is this so...  Read More